Father charged with murder after

Scholtes told police that when he arrived home Tuesday afternoon, his daughter was asleep in her car seat and he did not want to wake her, the release says. It says he said he left her inside the car seat with the vehicle running in the driveway and the air conditioner turned on. He then went into the home, police said. The girl's mother came home shortly afterward, police said, and found the toddler in the vehicle. The car was no longer running, and the air conditioner was off, authorities said. Despite lifesaving measures by the mother and law enforcement officers, the girl was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police obtained video from nearby homes and determined that Scholtes had left his daughter in the car for about three hours, the release says.